Narrowboats at Shipston

[ancient_mariner]

This is more about the boats than the landscape, so I've popped them here in transport.

Shipston narrowboats 1 by Anton Ertl, on Flickr

Shipston narrowboats 2 by Anton Ertl, on Flickr

Shipston narrowboats 3 by Anton Ertl, on Flickr

I was really looking for a vintage feel with a nod to large format cameras and early images here, so I've used a shallow depth of field plus a blue filter in post to simulate the long focal lengths and different behaviour of older photoreactive materials.

C&C welcome

 

[Bristolian]

I like those, Toni

It's a shame the modern cars in the second image spoil the older look and feel of the canal and boats, but it is what it is

 

[sirch]

Its good to see a different perspective as used in #1, #3 is also a lovely classic

 

[ancient_mariner]

I like those, Toni

It's a shame the modern cars in the second image spoil the older look and feel of the canal and boats, but it is what it is

Thanks Steve, I agree but short of photoshop skills a level up from mine, they have to stay. In a way they're a useful part of the pic showing how the canal has kept its roots despite changes elsewhere.

Its good to see a different perspective as used in #1, #3 is also a lovely classic

Thank you Chris.